7th IWG World Conference 参考資料４ Women and Sport, Sport and Women – Efforts by the Japan Sports Agency Daichi Suzuki, Japan Sports Agency Commissioner
1 1 Today’s Topics
１．International actions for women and sport
２．Japan’s actions for women’s empowerment
３．Efforts by the Japan Sports Agency
2 1988 Seoul Olympics
3 1988 Seoul Olympics
First Japanese gold medal in swimming in 16 years!
4 As a teacher/researcher
5 As the head of the Japan Swimming Federation
6 Appointed JSA Commissioner in October 2015
7 Daichi Suzuki, 1st JSA Commissioner
◆As athlete
1984 Los Angeles Olympics, 11th place (100 meter backstroke) 1986 Asian Games (Seoul), Gold Medal (100 meter backstroke, 400 meter medley relay) 1988 Seoul Olympics, Gold Medal (100 meter backstroke)
◆As researcher, teacher
March 1993 Masters in Coaching, Graduate School, Faculty of Physical Education, Juntendo University February 2007 Ph.D (Medicine, Juntendo Univ.) April 2013 Professor, Coaching Science course, Faculty of Health and Sports Science , Juntendo Univ. (until September 30, 2015) ◆ As sports federation executive September 2003 Director, Olympians Association of Japan (until October 2015) April 2013 Chairman, Olympians Association of Japan June 2013 Director, Japan Olympic Committee (until Sept. 30, 2015) June 2013 Chairman, Japan Swimming Federation (until Sept. 30, 2015 July 2017 Director, International Swimming Federation
8 Today’s Topics
１．International actions for women and sport
２．Japan’s actions for women’s empowerment
３．Efforts by the Japan Sports Agency
9 International trends International society International sports Sept. 2015 2012 – The Los Angeles Declaration 5th IOC World Conference on Women and Sport UN announces ⇒ Recommends more resources should be Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) dedicated to developing women’s skills in Goal 5: Gender Equality management and leadership Sept. 2015 2014 UN announces Planet 50-50 by 2030 to 6th IWG World Conference on Women and Sport ⇒Brighton Plus Helsinki 2014 Declaration eliminate gender gap in leadership ⇒Recommends women occupy 40% of decision- positions by 2030 making positions
2017 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) sets target of women occupying 50%, up from previous 30%, of decision-making positions
In the Japanese sports world, Specific ACTION needed to realize gender equality and a gender equitable society through sport
10 Showing commitment to development of women’s sports
International recommendations for promotion of women’s sports Signing of Brighton Plus Helsinki 2014 Declaration JSA, Japan Sports Council, Japan Olympic Committee, Japanese Para-Sports Association/Japan Paralympic Committee, Japan Sports Association jointly sign
New step for Japanese women’s sports
10 April, 2017
11 MINEPS VI Kazan Action Plan (excerpts for women and sports)
3 main policy areas 1.5 Enforce gender equality / Empower girls and women 2.6 Advance gender equality and empower all women and girls
5 actions Action 4 Conduct a feasibility study on the establishment of a Global Observatory for Women, Sport, Physical Education and Physical Activity 12 Outcomes of 1st ASEAN-Japan Ministerial Meeting on Sports
1st ASEAN-Japan Ministerial Meeting on Sports held in October 2017 in Myanmar. The ASEAN nations and Japan agreed to cooperate in the 4 areas below.
2. Increasing participation 1. Development of physical education teachers and coaches of women in sports Examples of cooperation ・ Training for female leaders 2. Increasing participation of women in sports ・ Holding sports events at regional level for promoting gender equality
3. Advancing sports for people with disabilities and women’s empowerment ・ Distributing training journals for women athletes 4. Capacity building for anti-doping
13 Today’s Topics
１．International actions for women and sport
２．Japan’s actions for women’s empowerment
３．Efforts by the Japan Sports Agency
14 Gender Issues in Japan
World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report
Economy Rank 114 Japan out of 144 countries AVG
Politics Education
Health （From World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report 2017） 15 Recent efforts for women’s empowerment in Japan
2013 Japan Revitalization Strategy approved by Cabinet ⇒ Women’s empowerment core element
2015 4th Basic Plan for Gender Equality approved by Cabinet
2016 Coming into force of Act on Promotion of Women’s Participation
16 Today’s Topics
１．International actions for women and sport
２．Japan’s actions for women’s empowerment
３．Efforts by the Japan Sports Agency
17 Gist of 2nd Basic Plan for the Promotion of Sports
2nd Sports Basic Plan 4 pillars
Through sports, citizens can:
Change Change Connect to Their Lives! society! the World!
Create the Future!
18 Changing lives through sports
Business people
Athletes Female Watching Playing Supporting Disabled Children Etc. Increase participation in sports Propose new styles of sports Enhance sports opportunities for children Expand sporting population Their Build athletes’ careers Securing and fostering of human resources lives supporting sports changed (Coaches, specialist staff, referees, sports volunteers, etc.) Promoting women’s empowerment 19 Promotion of women’s participation in sports
Women’s “playing, watching, supporting” sports: Current issues Preparing environment for women’s participation Participation in sports 1 2 Research on women (at least once A week) Sports coaches and sports 27.5% Ave. 42.5% Female Providing information on best practices 20’s 27.8% Male Law Facilitating usage of 30’s 27.7% sports facilities 72.5%
3 Total exercise time Stopping harassment per week for female Students 4 Sports organizations executives
Facilitating women’s Less than 60 minutes Female 9.4% JHS 20.9% acquiring of Polarization of female junior coaching licenses high school students’ exercise Male Elem. habits More appointments school of women at sports organizations 90.6% (Min.) 20 Council on Promoting Women’s Empowerment through Sports
We are advancing study to ensure women’s full participation.
“ Participating, lowering hurdles, building networks Playing are essential. Our junior colleagues carefully watch us and Sports wonder what kind of activities will be possible Watching Supporting from them in the future. Then they will participate. ”(Satoko Wada, Sports sports council member)
21 Activities of top female athletes
Rising trend of number of medals won by female athletes at summer Olympics
Since 1996, the medal acquisition rate for women is higher than for men (except for 2016 Rio Olympics).
25 （total medals） （%） 5% Summer total medals（Men） 4.4% 4.4% 4.1% Olympics total medals（Female） 20 4.2% 4% %（Men） 3.9% 4.0% %（Female） 3.5% 3.0% 15 3%
2.3% 2.4% 23 10 20 21 2% 17 17 18 1.4% 1.0% 13 12 5 13 1% 7 7 5 0 0% 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Atlanta Sydney Athnes Beijing London Rio Success of female athletes in summer Olympics is one factor in supporting Japan’s competitiveness 22 Activities of top female athletes
Performance of Japanese female athletes at 2018 Winter Olympics achieves record high.
At Pyeongchang, women outperformed men in number and proportion of medals won. 9 9% （total medals） （%） Winter Olympics 7.3% total medals(Men) total medals(Female) %(Men) 6.0% 6 %(Female) 6%
4.1% 8 8 2.2% 3 6 3.4% 3% 2.3% 5 1.8% 1.6% 1.0% 0.9% 3 2 0.8% 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0.0% 0% 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 Nagano Salt Lake Turin Vancouver Sochi Pyeong City chang Female athletes performance at the Olympics is one factor enhancing Japan’s competitiveness. 23 Support for Female Athletes
Research on strengthening strategic Junior female athletes support for female athletes ◆Training, support programs for female athletes ◆Development, preparation of organizations, ◆ Nutrition support for female athletes environment, systems ◆ Development of training programs ◆HRD, leadership training ◆ Assistance for psychological growth ◆Surveys, research (medical, social, environmental) Support for top athletes during pregnancy, pre- post-natal care, child rearing Support for fostering female elite coaches ◆ Training to ensure health and safety of Providing mother and child advisors ◆ Child-rearing support so female athletes can continue to compete Practical Acquire coaching ◆ Establishment of Mama Athletes instruction knowledge, Network（MAN) to disseminate through OJT management skills information on pregnancy, delivery, child rearing during competitive career. ◆ Disseminating knowledge to coaches Child-rearing support about pregnancy, childbirth, post-natal care 24 Participation after retirement – Expanding life courses Supporting athlete's dual careers simultaneously
Ex. Women basketball player Building Building their careers their careers as athlete after retirement ＜past＞ Junior High Corporate teams Coach High School School Retirement Education and ＜present＞ training program Expanding life courses Junior High High Corporate teams Coach School School Teacher University Office worker Education and Retirement training program 25 Participation of female executives in Japanese sports organizations
We ask all the sports associations in Japan to set a common target that by 2020 women will hold 30% of all executive positions.
10.7% 9.7% Female Female
Male 90.3% Male 89.3 Conference % for Enhancing the Management As of Oct. 2016 As of Aug. 2017 Capabilities of Sports Associations , May 29, 2017
Source: JSA, based on Japan Sport Association survey 26 Activities of Japanese female executives at international sports federations
High expectations for international activities of Japanese women in sports Global Sport Initiative （Support for appointments to executive posts at international sports associations) 4 1 Female Female
Male Male 6 30
When launched present
27 Linked to SDG Goal 5
2020 Tokyo Olympics and other events great opportunities for raising interest in sport
In and Through Sport
28 Creating the Future through sport!
Sport for Everyone Self-directed engagement in sport for self-realization Making a forward-looking, energetic society and forging strong ties with the world
The next 4 years: greatly enhancing the value of sport, leaving a legacy for Japan’s future. 29 Sports can change and create the future. Enjoy Sports, Enjoy Life
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